It's ALIVE!! Spirulina Algae Growing with On The Grow!!
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- Do you want to grow your own Super food Algae🤔?? Well, your in luck because this is our step by step grow guide on how we grow Spirulina in our mobile grow space alongside our microgreens!! The main goal is to monitor your pH and keep it between 10.5 and 11 and keep the temperature at around 80F!! Watch that water salinity too!! We aim to keep our salinity at around 2 using a BRIX meter.
Some of you may be asking, what exactly is Spirulina? And why would I consume that green stuff? Spirulina is a blue-green algae, used in ALL KINDS of products now a days. From various consumables such as powders for smoothies, chocolate and even added to some foods for additional nutrition. To Hair and skin care products and so much more... It is believed to be one of the oldest life forms on Earth, alongside Fungi and Lichen (moss). It was said to first be used by the Aztecs as an endurance-booster, spirulina is considered a superfood - an all-in-one source of nutrients including protein levels comparable to eggs. If you want to learn more about Algae, we highly suggest doing a good'ole Google Search as there are TONS of research articles on the health benefits that Spirulina offers.
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****2/15/22 VIDEO UPDATE**** - Hey y'all! We've had a TON of people asking about our algae project from this video and how it's doing currently, so we wanted to give y'all an update! At the time of filming this video, we were really excited (obviously!)
Everything was going wonderfully with our algae, then we transferred the cultures into new jugs, switched to new air pumps and sadly, the air pumps caused half of them to die from too much agitation... we also had a few new types of algae's show up in our batches, which rendered them unsafe as no longer had a monoculture...
Luckily, we still have all of our supplies and are very eager to get back to Cultivating Algae again soon! It was so much fun learning about it and experimenting with new living organisms in our grow-space.
Yehh! Measure timing for perfect ageing. Science u know 😉! Upload video for successfull batch. I really inspired by u guys. Keep going.
@@sohampatel7096 i agree and hope that they continue this project as well and learn and grow from it! Please keep us posted guys!
Sorry to hear that went down like that!
Just FYI, water chlorination has been steadily moving on to using chloramine instead, which to my knowledge doesn't just evaporate out like chlorine does. Luckily I think aquarium water conditioner should deal with this without harming the algae.
Chances are if you need something for one of these setups, looking through the aquarium hobby stuff might help, perhaps airstones or bubblers, something along those lines, they may get clogged, but they'll do two things, add weight so that it goes to the bottom, and also create finer bubbles. The area where the bubbles meet the water is where you get movement, more surface area = more movement. I also have to wonder if the larger bubbles are too aggressive for them?
Oh another idea I just had, I've seen chemistry channels use these magnetically powered stir bars, you could potentially use one of those to aid in moving things around, it should pull things to the bottom and circulate if you can get a vortex going, relies on a magnetic base though, maybe something you can attach to one side? Should pull in plenty of air on it's own.
Some other thoughts, lights on the sides, and or reflective tents/mats, would probably help your yield, make sure all that light stays where it needs to be rather than just bleeding out into the room.
Watching your video gives me a ton of ideas but I don't wanna blab about them all here haha. I look forward to getting a new place where I can perform experiments like this, I have my own unique use for algae that I want to try out.
Thanks for all the awesome tips and info I gained from this!
Make mistakes and teach the world! I’m very curious about everything you’ve learned from these setbacks. Subscribe!
Any thoughts on the new setup and how you like it? The jugs in the video here, are these the ones causing the agitation?
Can’t wait for a Spirulina series. Amazing. You guys are really growing.
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So there wasn't a spirulina follow up or ?
@@riverside321sadly no so far
CJ's enthusiasm is really contagious!
Your infectious enthusiasm made my day. You are my favorite teacher. As a note of interest, our church presented a "prepared event" for our members and our family's assignment was to talk about food preparedness. Our microgreens and our solar oven got quite a bit of attention. We invited people to snack right from the growing trays and they liked them!!! They even ate the roots they pulled out of the tray. I think we've got something here. But you already know that. Thanks so much for enriching our lives.
Waited ages for this. Time to get excited!
Btw Algae can also be used to isolate. There is an architecture that uses an algae tank as a wall and uses its product as fuel. The science part in me is hyped!
Triple tapping the like button - for science.
Do you know what architecture that is please? I would like to have a look at it. Thank you.
this stuff is going to be super important in the coming years. thank you for this content
Wow this looks really interesting! I look forward to seeing more once you get things up and running again on this project.
Yay, I caught a new video! I've been binge watching all your old videos!
Love your excitement! Rock on!
I love your excitement! Sooo contagious!! It makes me giddy and wanna geek out with ya! How freaking much fun!! Cool!!
PLEASE never stop the campy performances ... we love the Cube Dance.
I am so happy for you! You have found your passion in life and can make a living from working at it. I just love your enthusiasm. Congratulations. I wish you success.
Thanks for all your videos , you are making a great job!!!
Thank you so much for your support!!! We really appreciate it! 🤗🌱
I love your setup and it's nice to see someone get excited about spirulina like me!
Thank you so much for the support!! Lol, yeah, it was hard to hide my excitement with this one!!
Just ran into your channel, I absolutely love it! Great work you do.
YES!! I LOVE THIS! I've totally been wanting to do algae as well, i also grow microgreens. I really am inspired by you guys. Very professional, keep up the amazing content please.
Very interesting there man.... u can't wate for next weeks video. Cheers for the info 👍
i admire your energy
This is so amazing.have liked the whole stuff..the knowledge in it is so amazing
Such a beautiful setup! I just started growing algae last year. This is gorgeous
can't wait for the harvest!!
This is amazing
Thanks for the support Ray! It’s been a whole new experience learning how to grow these fun algae!
Thank you! So great!
You guys rock!!!
I used to dissolve Sodium Carbonate for my Reef/Coral aquariums. Warming the water when dissolving it helps a lot to speed up the process! Just warm up the couple of litters where you dissolve it, then mix it with the rest of the colder water. I can't wait to see the filtering and drying process to extract that Spirulina. I hope everything goes well!!!
really good project! keep growing!
Well done
Looking forward to more Spirulina vids!
I subscribed your channel because of this particular video. Can’t wait for more episodes of this series! 🥰
Glad to hear it! More coming on algae soon! 🤗🌱🌱
@@OnTheGrow :( did you abandon the project?
Great!!
You should use a cover slip/glass on top of the water (the small glass squares). It will keep the sample still (less shaky image), and it will protect the lense from touching the specimen. Remember to use the "brake" or stopper on your microscope as well, if it has one, so you don't end up pushing the lense into the slide and break it when focusing. :)
I'm excited to see follow up videos. :)
He tried that and thought it pushed out all sample
Wow amazing
Love the micros
Sooo cooool! GOD bless you guys 💥
You are so nerd, loved it 😃 subscribed
Watching this 2 years later and I'm as excited as you. I'm screaming and giggling 2
Feel blessed to see you brother, like look at the mirror of my self
amazing!!!
Thank you so much for the support!! 🤗🌱🌱
Finally this is what I've been looking for God bless you
Thank you so much for the support!!! We greatly appreciate it! 🤗🥼🌱🌱
And Allah with you
Wow man what an amazing video
Great vid! Subbed
SO coooooooooool!!!!
This is the best imaginable future of food!
A lot of effort from you sir 🙏 keep it up 💯
❤ so cute
Can’t wait any longer for a Spirulina series....!!!
I've been doing it for a few years, stowaway is a cool movie to bring awareness to bio-reactors and bio-CO2 scrubbing. Did research many moons ago about using it as food and a way to increase available O2 in house and it came in handy during the pandemic. I split intake air with a ozone generator then pumped it through a activated carbon bed then through spirulina cultures to help keep our apartment air healthy. It also acted as a humidifier.
This guy is for real geek but so for real geek, it's cool. The bucket dance pressed me over the comment or not line lol
Can't wait to see how this goes
Recommendation...Bobs Mill baking soda is food grade. Arm and hammer has heavy metals.
Good job sir 👍👍🙏
Thank you so much for the support!!
Amazing, very interesting, please do updates.
Woah!
when he hit that dance, i was like omg subscribed with that enthusiasm for science
any news on the spirulina? I absolutely love this! Covered all topics well in depth. 10/10
Watching these guys makes me feel as if I can do what they do (lol).😃
Your excitement is infectious 🤣this was awesome 👍🏽💯💥I need to grow this to aid in any nutrients I’m missing especially loosing weight
Look at those Spirulinas amassing , well done with your testing and sharing with us. This could be proprietary information , so don't shear all your secrets. 🧬
..love this thank you! I just subscribed..unable to find the rest of the spirulina videos- help please! Also.. do you have a video on this souped-up amazing van? :D
i guess it did not go well? there is only one video...
I would be interested in finding out what happened as well.
Must have tasted it...
cool
Any update on this one? Very interesting.
Hi, nice video! I have a question: do you know under which spectrum algae grow fastest?
Interesting video! thank you for sharing, just a little question if that processed and dried spirulina found in the market today can be cultured?
To get the tube to stay on the bottom, you can also use stainless steel welding rod which is 36" long and get at least 0.065" in diameter so when you bend it it maintains its shape without the air tube bending it. Insert it into the tube which will allow you to bend the tube and maintain it's shape so you can direct it to the bottom and put a hook at the top to hold it in place at the bottle opening
Excellent video as always. I’m trying to find the follow up. Any chance you could do a starting from zero, step by step?-)
I'd really love to know where you got your supplies 😊
Great video! Where did you get your starter cultures from?
Have you considered using the 5 gallon water jugs offices use? Here in Kentucky, they cost $10/ea (at Wal-Mart) and are effective for our use/cultures. :)
😍😍 such a beauty
Try to keep pH slightly under 10, add some chelated iron, slow down a little bit the agitation and you will have longer spirals 😁✔
Love your enthusiasm 😉 keep it up
Thank you so much for the support and suggestion! We will give that a shot and see how it goes!
What is the promise of deodorizing/ neutralizing spirulina odor? This is such an amazing organism. But the smell makes it hard to meaningfully incorporate into any kind of diet!
Wow This looks like just right out of a Space lab! So awesome!!! Im sure since you’re growing these you know about the pseudo vitamin B12 issue. What do you think about that?
Please elaborate. Could google myself, but meh...
Have you tried to use Spirulina as a bio fertilizer in your microgreen crop? If so, have you noticed any difference in their growth? Really cool video, regards from Croatia!
Hey, what happened was looking forward to harvest and what your doing with it and how this fits into our food?
:O !!!WOW
Could you run it through a soxhlet extractor?
👍👏👏👏showman
I like that The big bang theory vibe they have.
What kind of multi line air pump reccomend?
Hi were or what filter did you use for harvest
Questions: 1) have a link for the microscope? 2) how will you sell the spirulina?
maybe put a dispersion stone at the end of the bubblers so the bubbols...disperse!..more and dont just come out as 1 big bubble at a time :D
This is so cool! Did you figure out how to grow the Spirulina from the movie or did you get a book/guide? I have been really wanting to try this at home, but haven't found any information in English.
Interesting how to grow algae but what is it used for, is it any good as a vegetable fertilizer, ?
Are you still working on this? Would love to hear how the harvesting is going.
New viewer ❤
You guys are adorable :D Microbiology IS exciting AF. The shakes will wear off eventually, so using the microscope will get easier hahaha! I studied microbiology for 4 years and worked in a microbiology diagnostics-lab for 3 years. Loved every second of it, but it paid 💩. I'm growing my own spirulina soon as a home-project. I want to use them as an air filtration system.
Hey, how long does the spirulina last for? I'm planning of cultivating oxygen from algae+phytoplankton.Do you think it's a feasible idea?What could go wrong? and could really use some help.
Thanks much 😀
what kind of lamps you user ?
Amazing project! Should be replacing oil and consume lot of co2 soon
how do you control humidity and temperature
May i know what fertilizer you use for thid culture?
There is a special type of microscope slide called a hemocytometer, it's normally used for manually counting blood cell concentrations, but people use them for counting all kinds of things. It might help you count algae concentrations and give you a good idea of grow rates under certain conditions. They aren't expensive, so if it turns out the spirulina is too large, well you probably only lost like $20 for the slides.
What's the model # of that microscope? Can't wait to be doing this at our home:)
I came for the spirulina, stayed for the excitement.
Interesting, are you goung the algae in plastic containers?
Great video, Don't you add any salt?
u could also consider doing the blue colored spirulina type (idk if they r harder to grow or something), their selling price is astronomical 😲
Where do I buy growing equipment for growing spirulina, specifically transparent 20l containers?
And you do all this in a trailer? Do you grow more somewhere else or is this space just for the videos?
Have you tried a reflective curtain to focus light on plants instead of absorbed by walls?
Black absorbs light.
Should you have a 12 hour light and 12 hour darkness photo periods. We have an algae room with fluorescent bulbs.